Saam 146

1 Angraeng to pakoeh ah. Aw ka hinghaih, Angraeng to pakoeh ah.

Praise ye Jah! Praise, O my soul, Jehovah.

2 Ka hing thung Angraeng to ka pakoeh han; ka hing thung boih ka Sithaw pakoehhaih laa to ka sak han.

I praise Jehovah during my life, I sing praise to my God while I exist.

3 long angraengnawk to oep hmah, kami doeh oep hmah; nihcae mah abomh o thai mak ai.

Trust not in princes — in a son of man, For he hath no deliverance.

4 Nihcae loe duek naah long ah ni amlaem o let; to naah nihcae poekhaihnawk boih to anghmat.

His spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his earth, In that day have his thoughts perished.

5 Jakob ih Sithaw to bomkung ah suem kami, a oephaih to angmah ih Angraeng Sithaw khaeah suem kami loe tahamhoih,

O the happiness of him Who hath the God of Jacob for his help, His hope [is] on Jehovah his God,

6 Anih mah ni long hoi van, tuipui hoi athung ah kaom hmuennawk boih to sak; anih loe dungzan khoek to oepthoh;

Making the heavens and earth, The sea and all that [is] in them, Who is keeping truth to the age,

7 pacaekthlaek ih kaminawk to toenghaih hoiah lok a caek; zok amthlam kaminawk to buh a paek. Angraeng mah ni thongkrah kaminawk to loisak.

Doing judgment for the oppressed, Giving bread to the hungry.

8 Angraeng mah mikmaengnawk to mik amtuengsak moe, poek pahnaem kaminawk to tapom tahang; katoeng kaminawk to Angraeng mah palung.

Jehovah is loosing the prisoners, Jehovah is opening (the eyes of) the blind, Jehovah is raising the bowed down, Jehovah is loving the righteous,

9 Angraeng mah angvinnawk to toep moe, ampa tawn ai kami hoi lamhmainawk to pacah; toe kasae kaminawk ih loklam loe buenglueng tamlet ah ohsak.

Jehovah is preserving the strangers, The fatherless and widow He causeth to stand, And the way of the wicked He turneth upside down.

10 Angraeng loe dungzan khoek to Angraeng ah om tih; Aw Zion, na Sithaw mah adungnawk boih khoek to uk tih. Angraeng to saphaw oh.

Jehovah doth reign to the age, Thy God, O Zion, to generation and generation, Praise ye Jah!